what's your beef with dick durbin?day" and chris wallace asked him a question, on october 10, 2010, you wrote a letter -- dick durbin -- to the irs, demanding that they investigate a conservative policy group. dick durbin, to his credit, didn't back down like a lot of democrats are. he said, yeah, i admit i asked the irs to target a conservative group. chris followed up and said, why didn't you mention any liberal groups? durbin had a laughable response which was to say, i thought if the irs investigated crossroads gps, all the rest of them would get the message. look, that's simply not true. if they were investigating a group i helped organize and helped to raise moan for as a volunteer, the only people laughing would be liberal 501c 4s who have been acting exactly the way as crossroads gps. it was clear durbin wanted to target crossroads because we're a conservative group and he's a liberal. he said, they are boasting about raising a lot of money. that's not true. the only thing in the fall that came close to me boas

chris: we will talk about the scan dalts and limits on fighting our enemies with two key senators, dick durbin, and lindsay graham. also, a rare interview with america's veteran, former senator bob dole. about to turn 90, this leader from the greatest generation reflects on the dysfunction in washington, the historic figures he has dealt with for half a sensory, and the war that defined his life. bob dole, a fox news sunday exclusive. >> plus, who should investigate the investigator? we will ask our sunday panel about president's charge to attorney general holder in going after reporters. all right now on fox news sunday. >>chris: hello again from fox news in washington on this memorial day week. we will talk with our guests in a moment but we begin with the late ever from moore, oklahoma, devastated by a deadly tornado, casey is on the ground for us. casey? >> it is a memorial day weekend filled with funerals here in moore, oklahoma, 24 people died here last week when the monster twister hit. ten of those victims were children. today, president obama met with storm survivors. he got an upclos

and i don't see dick durbin saying to investigate him for forming to elect president obama.of their power and offices to target conservatives. >> sean: a lot of people are speculating where this is going to end up. i think that is the wrong focus. for me, i want to know why they didn't give in benghazi why security requested was denied. why stand down orders were given. why a web of lies was created. on the irs, who ordered this? who allowed this? i want to get to the the truth, in other words. for me it is simple. what is the truth? why are people lying? who is responsible. what do you think politically for republicans how do they handle this? >> they have got to diligently investigate these and patiently lay out the facts and avoid the use of adjectives and adverbs. you and i can do that. sea away from the word of impeachment. a bad thing to say. you and i can hyper ventilate about it. in the committees the american people need to see the republicans patiently going after the attacked and letting the facts determine the outcome and the facts are not going to about be pleas

joining me now is the number two democrat in the senate, senator dick durbin from illinois. thank you, senator, for being here. when you look at the last kind of three weeks of information and you've heard everything from the fbi drops the ball, here's a huge hole, why did this happen, what are your questions? when you look at the totality of what we know so far, what are your questions about how the u.s. intelligence agencies and, of course, law enforcement agencies reacted both before and after the bombing? >> candy, here's what i know. we're going to have a thorough investigation. we're going to try to determine whether there's more we could have done to protect america and to have thwarted these terrorists before they acted. i expect it to go on for a period of time. >> but is there anything in particular that you look at and think, whew, we've got to get to the bottom that have? >> yes, i can tell you what troubles me. the current immigration system in america is broken down. what we've got to do is change it. i've been sitting for more than three months with a bipartis

what's your beef with dick durbin? demanding that they investigate a conservative policy group, and dick durbin, to his credit, didn't back down like other democrats, and he said, yeah, i admit that, and chris wallace asked, why didn't you ask you about liberal groups, and he said i thought if they investigated them the rest of the rest. ifç the irs was investigatingpm crossroads, that i helped raise money for as a volunteer, the only people laughing would be liberal 501(c)(4)s, operating for decades in the way across roads gps did.ç durbin had no clear defense. heç wanted to target acros cros because we're a conservative group and he's a liberal. he said they were boasting about raising a lot of money. that's not true. the only thing that comes close, on october 13th, after he sent his letter to the irs, two days after he sent the letter to the irs, that after president obama attacked our group asm7mrp a tht to democracy, we raised $14 million in twoç weeks. the democrats have had these kind of groáqm forever. th

. >> we will talk about the scandals and new limits on fighting our enemies with our guests, dick durbin, and lindsey gram. about to turn 90, the leader from the greatest generation reflects on the dysfunction in washington. the historic figures that he dealt with for half a century and the war that defined his life. bob dole, it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive. plus, who should investigate the investigator? we will ask our sunday panel about the president's char-- al right now on "fox news sunday." hello again from "fox news sunday" in washington. we will talk with our guests in a moment. we begin with the latest from more oklahoma. devastated by a deadly tornado. kasey is on the ground for us. >> it's a memorial day weekend filled with funerals here in moore, oklahoma. 24 people died here last week. when that monster twister hit and 10 of the victims were children. today, president bomb is kneeing with storm survivors and possibly family members of those who did lose their lives here last week. mr. obama will be getting an up close and personal look at the destructi destruction. homes

. >> both with peter king and senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the senate.rom chuck hagel, the new pentagon, that the u.s. directly arming some of the rebels in syria was something they were considering. it made quite the news at the time because we know the president had rejected the advice of some of his advisers who had said, we need to do this some time ago. the white house has said, look, it's always been on the table. then you take these overnight bombings, presumably from israel, trying to cut off weapon supply to hezbollah. you just get this sense of this tinder box, and the question is what does the u.s. do next? >> the pictures are incredible. candy crowley, thank you so much. we'll be watching. stay here with state of the union with candy crowley. it starts at the top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. eastern, 6:00 a.m. pacific on cnn. >>> apparently, dark secrets are coming out in michael jackson's death trial. my next guest says all those details could backfire for the defense. you're going to hear from attorney tom mesereau, who's going to testify on beha

the same duo, mike enzi and dick durbin what else can we do for merchants?chants don't like it that ebay doesn't pay any sales tax. okay, we're going to pick that fight. not because they liked it, because they knew it was going to raise money. >> i'm offended by your cynicism here. >> they may also have liked the policy. >> i want to talk about the policy merits. if this is good policy, how i should feel about the vote.in.. ♪ or make sparks fly. it's the only toothpaste that combines the freshness of scope with the cleaning power of crest. life opens up when you do. with the cleaning power of crest. as soon as you feelon it, try miralax. it works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into your colon to unblock your system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. >>> the internet sales tax bill passed in the senate today. reaction to the vote tells you a lot about the reality of washington lobbying. brian bieron of ebay. ebay worked hard to defeat this legislation. they even sent out e-mails to customers trying to rally customer base. big ques

the same duo, mike ensy and dick durbin what else can we do for merchants?ants don't like it that ebay doesn't pay any sales tax. okay, we're going to pick that fight. not because they liked it, because they knew it was going to raise money. >> i'm offended by your cynicism here. >> they may also have liked the policy. >> i want to talk about the policy merits. if this is good policy, how i should feel about the vote. she's still the one for you - you know it even after all these years. but your erectile dysfunction - you know,that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure

check out the conversations with dick durbin and lindsey graham. the show airs twice, 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. only on fox. >> eric: something very appropriate for memorial day weekend. supporting our wounded warriors. mountain bike riding. leading the way down in texas is former president george w. bush. guess who is going along for the bikes for a ride? dr. mark siegle, he will tell us about very special mission on sunday morning house calms. >> there are a lot of americans who respect you and appreciate your service and i'm one. >> we have great trails out here. they are pretty tough. to know in this case men that had their legs blown off are able to ride those trails really is fun. [ both ] we're foodies. [ both laughing ] but our plants were starving. [ man ] we love to eat. we just didn't know that our plants did, too. then we started using miracle-gro liquafeed every two weeks. now our plants get the food they need while we water. dinner's ready. come and get it. no oe goes hungry in this house. so they're bigger, healthier, and more beautiful. guaranteed. with miracle-gro any

democraticedible senator, maybe somebody like dick durbin out of illinois, he said, you know what? am major supporter of this president, but this has gone too far, and i want to hold serious hearings on this about our killing of a group of civilians -- civilians, what are the ramifications? instead, we're talking about hypothetical situations, like bombing jane fonda and internet cafe. unless they regain their credibility, it will go on under obama. tavis: let me ask you what the repercussions are for our national security and this continues to run amok, but the other person i want to ask about happens to be john brennan. so there is this moment weeks ago in hearings where he got some pushback, and the nominations were held up. there was some tough questioning in the hearing, but then he sailed on through. this was the guy in the white house who was basically in charge of the program. what do you make of it that after all was said and done, little was said and done? >> a thing that was a foregone conclusion. i do not think any democrats were seriously going to deny him. some have b

john mccain senator marco rubio from florida on the democratic side you've got the majority whip dick durbin and you've got senator menendez from from new jersey and while that effort is bipartisan there is certainly a large contingent relatively large contingent of conservatives more hardcore conservatives who oppose it for what they call amnesty or the so-called path to citizenship for some eleven million illegal people who are already living here in the united states so it's bipartisan but it faces a long hot summer ahead i think on the hill and it's going to play well one of the tradeoffs with amnesty is. a tax provision that would require immigrants to pay back taxes to gain legal status now while you were quoted in the wall street journal on may tenth about this provision in an article titled taxing problems and immigration plan and you said if this does come to pass it's unlikely the ira and that it's unworkable likely not to have any real ability to do that can you please elaborate on this tax provision and the comments you made in the journal and. the us is already under tremendous

illinois u-s senators dick durbin and mark kirk delivered statements on her behalf. durbin praised her business, entrepreneurial, and civic experience. he also believes she'll be able to boost job growth. my vision is the commerce department will continue to use >> to anticipate what america needs to be, innovative in the 21st century. >> she used to be a member of the chicago board of education. more than 14-hundred delegates from boy scouts of america are voting at a national meeting in texas today- on whether to lift its ban on gay youth membership. the proposal would allow openly gay youths into the boy scouts, but not openly gay adult leaders. gay rights advocates presented a petition with nearly two-million signatures supporting an end to the ban. but a recent boy scouts online survey showed overwhelming support for maintaining it. nearly 70 percent of boy scouts troops in the u-s are sponsored by faith-based organizations. we are celebrating the white sox today. we're testing the new menu items at cellular field. as a kidid, i made a a list ol ththe places i i

illinois senator dick durbin is a sponsor of the bill. >> if you sell into a state like illinois, youllect our sales tax on the sales to illinoisans buying your products. .> reporter: it will be up to the retailers to send the taxes they collect to the states. >> we are requiring the states to provide software to the internet retailers free of charge so that they can collect nhe sales tax as it's charged on each internet purchase. >> reporter: internet companies say tax collect willing become a huge burden but brick and mortar retailers have complained for years that tax-free sales give online retailers an unfair anvantage. the bill applies only to companies with more than a million dollars in sales. sean peng's company is not that big yet but peng hopes to grow. would you be in internet retailing if you had had to x alect sales tax across the country from the beginning? >> seriously i would reconsider. >> reporter: the bill faces stiff opposition in the house. if it becomes law, online stores could begin collecting taxes early next year. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> p

needed a little help from his colleagues to understand racial profiling after illinois senator dick durbin blasted grassley for posing an amendment that would allow federal officers to quote take into account an individual's country of origin and quote during immigration proceedings i was senator responded by. asking what does country of origin have to do with profiling. really senator grassley you're a thirty two year veteran of the senate and you don't know the answer to that question dick durbin eventually explain the connection to his colleagues but to his colleague but all in all this was just an arrow scene and frankly rather disturbing moment from the senator and a very very ugly lez in solving in yesterday's world net daily the conservative pundit compared homosexuality to these reality and comment titled when only additional b n l g b t he wrote if lesbians male homosexuals bisexuals and transsexuals should have the right to marriage licenses as a few states including maryland now provide why should the real animal lovers whose orientation is b.c. ality not be allowed to marry. re

john mccain senator marco rubio from florida on the democratic side you've got the majority whip dick durbin. you've got senator menendez from from new jersey and while that effort is bipartisan there is certainly a large contingent relatively large contingent of conservatives more hardcore conservatives who oppose it for what they call amnesty or the so-called path to citizenship for some eleven million illegal people who are already living here in the united states so it's bipartisan but it faces a long hot summer ahead i think on the hill and it's going to play well one of the tradeoffs with amnesty is. a tax provision that would require immigrants to pay back taxes to gain legal status now while you were quoted in the wall street journal on may tenth about this provision in an article titled taxing problems and immigration plan and you said if this does come to pass it's unlikely the i.r.s. will have a lot of resources to devote to this and that it's unworkable is likely not to have any real ability to do that can you please elaborate on this tax provision and the comments you made in th

directories robert they had those debates and at the end of the day nobody there was a plan senator dick durbin of illinois wanted to basically move the detainees to a facility in illinois but that was sort of that was sort of squashed as sort of a. program in the in the senate by republicans and i think you see this and there are in definitely some conservative democrats as well who are who are main opposed to closing one town and i think it's such a hot topic political issue that people are really afraid to stand up for the rights of people who you know. are the untouchables and i think that's really unfortunate what do you do i mean if if if you knew there were no charges against them but you also knew that they were dangerous to america through even maybe even through no fault even if through no fault of their own they no become radicalized is that a concern or was going to you to the fault of the fact that america has been holding them for over a decade are you still in the u.s. think would say it's important if we were to arrest you and you know you in jail for twenty years under false pr

. >> shannon: senators lindsay graham and dick durbin, discussing the department of justice decisiongo after reporters, like our own james rosen. i talked about it with "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace. it's a hot topic across the country and certainly here at fox, the discussion of the department of justice probing into our own colleague, james rosen, and other phone numbers and a wider net here at fox news. there is a discussion that you had on "fox news sunday" about whether the attorney general will be able to effectively, essentially investigate himself. >> we had a great discussion with two top carps, dick durb and i know linds agree ham and a fierce fight eye commend it to anybody to watch -- it will get fireworks on memorial day, not 4th of july, between brit hume and juan williams. holder signed off on the affidavit that the fbi agent had to present to a judge to get the search warrant to look at james rosen's emails. in that, it says, where there is probable cause that rosen violated the espionage act, as an aider, abettor or co-conspirator -- well, that's kind of a r

senate majority whip dick durbin said issa is more interested in presidential politics. >> the bottomlives to represent our country. we want to find those responsible and hold them responsible. and we want to make sure that the security in embassies in the future and consulates is going to be the very best for the men and women who work for us. unfortunately this has been caught up in the 2016 presidential campaign, this effort to go after hillary clinton. the reason she wasn't interviewed was she didn't have any direct-line responsibility for the decisions that were made. but they want to bring her in because they think it's a good political show. and i think that's unfortunate. >> pickering yesterday defended his decision not to interview secretary of state clinton. he said instead he's certain that lower-level officials guided the response to the attack. >>> a small town in northern california spent two weeks on edge after a young 8-year-old girl was stabbed to death in her home. nobody knew who did it. this weekend fear and suspicion turned to shock in valley springs as carter eva

that's what dick durbin is talking about today. >> we want to find them and hold them responsible. the consulates are going to be the best for the men and women who work for us. unfortunately this will be caught up in the 2016 presidential campaign. this effort to go after hillary clinton. the reason she wasn't interviewed is she didn't have any direct line responsibility for the decisions that were made. they want to bring her in because they think it's a good political show. i think that's unfortunate. >> there's also news more whistleblowers will be coming forward. you will hear from the lawmakers that says he had talked with them. that's later in the show so stay tuned. other headlines this morning fbi's negotiatiw york office wi reopen the case. a connecticut man who went missing back in july of 2005 whieflz honeymooning on a mediterranean cruise. there is new ed linking passengers to the disappearance of 26-year-old george smith. the newlywed's body was never found. now to detroit where the emergency manager says the city is leading more rhetted ink han originally thought. ke

. >> dick durbin says the reform bill does things that should have been done a long time ago.y just getting it it done now? >> we keep talking about why congress is just getting around to doing things that need to be done. the fact of the matter is, the this has nothing to do with the right thing. it has everything to do with what happened in 2012. that's the reason why regardless of all the chitchat you hear on the side that something is going to be done with immigration reform because the republican party doesn't want their butt kicked in 2016. that's the focus. that's always been the focus recently. that will continue to be the focus. >> just real quickly, do you think the immigration debate is done for now? or do you think it still has a chance? anna? >> it's absolutely not done. we have the committee on thursday. we have the house working on its own legislation. i think everybody is still optimistic about this. and there's going to be some nay sayers who use boston or use whatever they can to oppose it, but there's a lot of momentum for the bill. it's absolutely not done.

i want you to listen first, however, to what senator dick durbin had to say on cnn earlier today.eves one answer to preventing attacks is in the pending immigration legislation. >> it's hard to believe 12 years after /11 we are having this conversation. there is not enough coordination between these different agencies so we know someone should not have been readmitted to the united states. our bill addresses that directly. we have 11, up to 11 million people coming forward to register. we know who they are. that is going to make us more secure. i mentioned the border security. we are also dealing with this whole exit/entry visa issue and having verification in the work place. at the end of the day, immigration reform starts to do things that should have been done long ago and makes it an absolute priority of this government. >> congressman hudson, is he right? does immigration play a role in preventing another potential boston type bombing? st. >> absolutely. that is a big part of it. especially when you look at one of the three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev who was arrested. we ar

eastern with dick durbin and lindsey graham. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> gregg: we remember those that lost their livesours a lot better there is one special event that we want to share with you. it's the library marking the 40th anniversary of the largest dinner ever held at the white house. celebration for pows released from vietnam. two hundred of the veterans gathered for a dinner. a story told by two american heroes. >> 40 years can't take away from the love these brave pows have for each other and the country. at the nixon museum at a special exhibited. >> this is cool. >> aviaters were each shot down over vietnam and held captive in hanoi until freed in early 1973. their return home along with other americans symbolized the end of the war. >> we represented the only tangible victory coming out of vietnam in the eyes of american people. i was at table >> it was entertainer sammy davis, jr. to have a big celebration. >> he said to the president you ought to have a big party for them. wouldn't be aul nice to have all the pows at the dinner. >> it was the largest ever white house dinner. a huge tent

senator dick durbin was honored today by the non-profit agency known as "envision unlimited" for hiswith disabilities. durbin, in turn, congratulated those children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities... who have worked hard despite their personal setbacks. each of you faces a challenge in many people in their life do not face challenges like you do. you also have great talents that make you a special people. your all extremely brave. >>"envision unlimited" recognized 35 of their clients at this year's annual gathering who have made friends, participated in group activities, and managed household chores despite the disabilities they try to overcome. today is armed forces day -- the day set aside to honor the men and women who serve in america's military forces. the navy pier and the u.s.o. partnered to bring illinois military families a day of fun and free entertainment. the military order of the purple heart of illinois presented its memorial wall of honor -- a 40-foot long traveling exhibit that honors the service and sacrifice of fallen illinois warrior. ma

dick durbin of illinois picked out one group, crossroads gms and said to the i.r.s.nvestigate this group. chuck shaoupl her put a letter together with a variety of six other democrats saying investigate conservative groups. we had schumer getting wong man pete welsh of vermont to put together a list of a hundred some odd democrats in the house saying conservative groups. we even had carl levin sending a series of letters and meeting with lois lerner and her top staff i believe to plan out a congressional hearing with her corruption to focus on these conservative groups. the tone was being set at the top and that's why i think peggy was right in saying this wasn't a specific enemy's list this was let's take on the political opponents of president obama. jenna: you elicit a lot of high proceed nile democrats particularly in congress when you're talking about these appeals to the i.r.s. to investigate these groups. you've worked inside the white house, obviously very closely with the president, and now the white house in trying to distance itself from this. this informa

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senator dick durbin, good to have you on. >>> the president says law enforcement didn't drop the ball on the boston terror investigation. we will ask a senior member of the homeland security committee. peter king is next. our visionary cloud infrastructure, and dedicated support, free you to focus on what matters. centurylink. your link to what's next. >>> welcome back. you are looking at new video in to cnn showing the aftermath of an overnight attack in syria. syria's deputy foreign minister tells cnn the attack came from israeli rockets and amount to a declaration of war. huge explosions rocked the damascus suburb for hours. they say they will retaliate in their own time and way. with me is peter king, chairman of the subcommittee on the counterintelligence terrorism and a member of the house intelligence committee. i want to begin with syria because just when you think could it get more violent or more chaotic, it does. so my question to you is whether it is time for the u.s. to directly arm, specified rebels? >> candy, i have real concerns. the reason i say that is because so muc

part of what he considered to be something so political and that's been a line that we've heard dick durbin, who has said this is all political. let me play that for you. >> unfortunately this has been caught up in the 2016 presidential campaign, this effort to go after hillary clinton. the reason she wasn't interviewed was she didn't have any direct line responsibility for the decisions that were made. >> so that is key to this whole thing, isn't, it alex, this perception on the part of some people that this is political and maybe had something to do with not interviewing hillary clinton? >> well, sure, chris. i was in iowa with rand paul over the weekend and he was making great hay out of benghazi issue saying it should bar hillary clinton from ever being in an important decision making role ever again. the reality is as long as republicans control the house of representatives, democrats can complain has much as they want about this being a political investigation. republicans still have the authority to investigate it. i do think the hearings last week you did see some attraction around

host: why is this a priority for dick durbin? or durbin, he says it is because illinois, his home state, is really hurting financially. that is something a lot of states and localities are complaining about. they are saying the online become a larger portion of the economy. that is more and more money consumers are spending at amazon, walmart.com, instead of their local retailers. no tax revenue coming back, so governments are watching the tax base woodinville and they are getting nothing back in return. this is seen by both the retail industry and local government as sort of a lifesaver, a ray of hope in a very bleak fiscal climate. in --gregory tweets leverage small business sales against giants and protect retailers from amazon models. this is really the main argument by supporters of this legislation. they trotted out small business people who say that they have to collect the sales tax, and when large retailers don't it puts them at a further disadvantage. we have seen certain industries -- bookstores, other small businesses

last week, the senate judiciary subcommittee headed by senator dick durbin and ranking member ted cruz, had a very telling hearing on these issues to the extent folks and not look at some of the statements that will put forward there, i would urge you to do so. two issues, the it's not just a question of the obama administration explaining why it thinks what it is doing is lawful, because i don't think even with those explanations, our allies in europe or elsewhere will agree that this war-based framework is one that agrees with international law. so we really have to think through the fact that we have to ratchet that down and abide by the rules of war, which allow us to maintain our security and do so in accordance with a set of standards that the rest of the world recognizes and that we helped to establish. what happens when? we when one of the testimonies that was most powerful last week -- and kudos to senator begich durban and senator ted cruz for inviting for the first time a young man to describe the human cost and consequences of targeted killing operations in yemen. this is a

then state representative al salv yrmt personal injury lawyer ran against dick durbin.red of all wrongdoing in court lerner told him that she would drop all complaints if he agreed never to run for office again. shep? >> shepard: doug, that same quinnipiac poll we just mentioned shows president obama's approval rating had dipped. it's now upside down as the pollsters put it 45% as you can see. it's fallen since may the 1st, before the irs admitted it targeted conservative groups. ed henry live at the white house now. ed? >> well, shep, what the president is trying to do is turn the page from all of these controversies from the irs to the justice department against the media. the benghazi investigation that's been ongoing among republicans on the hill. what he wants to do and what he did last night at a fundraiser in chicago is raising money for house democrats, was talk about the economy and talk about how in his final years in office he wants to focus on bringing people together. take a listen. >> to make work pay, attract new businesses to our shore. to make work comp

so when you have chuck schumer and dick durbin saying they can't believe the irs did this, really? they signed letters asking the irs to do this. that's one. number two, the president made comments about these conservative organizations. and there's a third one. e-mails between the inspector general's office and the congressional staff indicates this report was actually ready probably in september or certainly late september, but it kept getting delayed. and i cannot help but think now that the inspector general admitted, which, of course, is the truth, we knew it all the time, he never spoke to anybody in the white house everybody did not in fact do an investigation, that it was only an audit, couple that with what skip just said, there were up to two years when there was no communication between the irs. in fact skip will tell you, we sent letter after letter after letter in some of these files and never got a response from the irs even acknowledging receipt. >> we will go through the timeline later in the program tonight. but lois learner new about this in june of 2011. the audi

host: why is this a priority for dick durbin? nator durbin, he says it is because illinois, his home state, is really hurting financially. that is something a lot of states and localities are complaining about. they are saying the online retailers have become a larger portion of the economy. that is more and more money consumers are spending at amazon, walmart.com, instead of their local retailers. there is no tax revenue coming back, so governments are dwindleg the tax base and they are getting nothing back in return. this is seen by both the retail industry and local government as sort of a lifesaver, a ray of hope in a very bleak fiscal climate. host: gregory tweets in -- it will help leverage small business sales against giants and protect retailers from amazon models. guest: this is really the main argument by supporters of this legislation. they trotted out small business people who say that they have to collect the sales tax, and when large retailers don't it puts them at a further disadvantage. we have seen certain industr

illinois democrat dick durbin: >> this is our chance, in this hearing room, to write an immigration bill the 21st century, for america and its future. we've come together, we've reached an agreement, and we've compromised and i think we've come up with a good work product. >> woodruff: durbin is one of so-called "gang of eight" senators who wrote the bill. in its current form, it runs 844 pages, and would provide a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented people now in the country. the process would take up to 13 years and applicants would have to pay a fine and pass a criminal background check, among other things. but the committee's ranking republican, chuck grassley of iowa, said the bill merely revisits past mistakes. >> it falls short of what i want to see in a strong immigration reform bill, so you will hear me say many times that we shouldn't make the same mistakes that we made in 1986. you'll hear me say many times that we ought to move ahead with a bill that does it right this time. >> woodruff: many of the 300 amendments submitted so far are focused on bo

. >> luckily for america, senator dick durbin was standing by to set the record straight. >> thomas pickering appeared on your show this morning. i wish he would have appeared at the hearing last week. he asked to be there. he should have been there. he's the most respected diplomat in washington. he, together with admiral mullen, went through a lengthy review of the security aspect of this. they came up with a recommendation for changes, which were accepted by secretary clinton and president obama. unfortunately, this has been caught up in the 2016 presidential campaign. this effort to go after hillary clinton. the reason she wasn't interviewed was she didn't have any direct-line responsibility for the decisions that were made. but they want to bring her in, because they think it's a good political show. and i think that's unfortunate. >> darrell issa, the guide of this fishing expedition, appeared on "meet the press" this morning. he was sitting alongside ambassador pickering, who was not impressed with the congressman's misinformation. >> now, ambassador pickering, his people, and he refus

so dick durbin and mike enzi, you know, they figured out, okay, we're going to work with we're goingt fight fp not because they liked it but they knew it was going to raise money. >> i'm offended. i want to talk about the policy merit. >> they might also have liked the policy. >> i do want to figure out whether this is good policy, how i should feel about this vote and whether i should see a vote in the house. i want you to weigh in on that right after we take this break. blan sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... schedule. mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. you get 5% back, on everything. everything. everything. everything. everything.